Floyd T. Hickman - World War I Letter

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Name/Title

Floyd T. Hickman - World War I Letter

Entry/Object ID

2025.3.7

Scope and Content

Letter from Floyd T. Hickman ("Somewhere in France") to Cora Lee (Fordyce) Hickman and family (Oak Forest, Pennsylvania), 13 July 1918; held in 2009 by Marilyn (Brewer) Eichenlaub who inherited the letter from her mother, Fay (Hickman) Brewer, who was Floyd's sister. Page 1 "Somewhere in France / July 13, '18. / Dear Mother & all: - Well / we took another jump / since I wrote last but / not a very big one. / We are now camping / in a woods. I guess / I won't feel at home / when I get back unless / I take my little tent / and go to Dr. Grimes' / woods and live. / It's very pleasant / though only it's rained / every day & night since / we've been here and / rather muddy sometimes." Page 2 "One evening last week / was a happy one for / the boys - a big / bunch of mail from / home. Almost everyone / got mail and I sure / felt sorry for the / ones who didn't - it / made them feel blue / to see everyone else / getting mail from / home and they didn't. / I wished I could have / divided mine with / them for I got seven / letters. Got two from / home, two from Blanche, / and one each from / Clarence, Irene, and" Page 3 "and Carolyn. O boy / ain't it a grand / and glorious feeling! / So sorry to hear of / Aunts Edith's and Mag's / accidents. I haven't / recd. any mail from / any of the Fordyces yet. / Was kinda surprised / to hear of Frank in / long trousers, makes / me feel like an / old man aready. / I had a dream / last night about the / whole family. I thot" Page 4 "I was home, but a / 'big noise' wakened / me and I found myself / still in my little tent. / We're working every / day and everyone / feeling good and quite / well. / Tomorrow is France's / Independence Day. I guess / we help celebrate it / but don't know how. / Hope everyone is / well and having the / best in health. / Love to all, / Floyd"

Collection

Marilyn (Brewer) Eichenlaub Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.3

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Marilyn (Brewer) Eichenlaub

Lexicon

Search Terms

Hickman family, Letters (Correspondence), Military, Rain Day Boys, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th. Regiment, 110th. Company K., Veterans--World War I

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

EICH-AN002-0004

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Fordyce, Cora Lee [1871-1950]

Person or Organization

Hickman, Floyd Thomas [1896-1918]

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Hickman Series - Marilyn (Brewer) Eichenlaub Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

The Marilyn (Brewer) Eichenlaub Collection was passed from Glenn James Brewer [1897-1982] and his wife, Faye Irene Hickman [1900-1973], to their daughter, Marilyn (Brewer) Eichenlaub, who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, between 2006 and 2009. SOURCE CITATION: Letter from Floyd T. Hickman ("Somewhere in France") to Cora Lee (Fordyce) Hickman and family (Oak Forest, Pennsylvania), 13 July 1918; item no. EICH_AN002_0004, Marilyn (Brewer) Eichenlaub Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).